We center our teacher candidates in everything we do. Every teacher candidate has a support team local to their region: a Success Navigator, Educator Development Specialist, and Regional Program Director. To contact a member of your regional team, please visit Our Team. 

Success Navigators

Success Navigators are the first line of support for teacher candidates. They promote habits and routines that will lead to successful program completion and remove common barriers so that candidates can successfully complete their degree and teacher certification programs.

You can ask Success Navigators about:

• Onboarding to Talent Together
• Applying to post-secondary institutions
• Support during post-secondary programs
• Developing an intervention plan with candidates who are off-track or at risk of not completing their program

Educator Development Specialist

Educator Development Specialists support Talent Together candidates in becoming excellent educators. They oversee a portfolio of schools in their region, ensuring a high-quality candidate experience. Specialists lead Mentor and Model Teachers, designing and facilitating learning experiences and offering job-embedded coaching. 

You can ask Educator Development Specialists about:

• Registered Apprenticeships
• Mentor Teachers
• Model Teachers
• Coaching 

Regional Program Director

Regional Program Directors oversee program quality and serve as the first point of contact for district-level stakeholders in the region, including those from Intermediate School Districts, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), and Public School Academies (PSAs)/charters.

You can ask Regional Program Directors about:

• Recruiting new teacher candidates in your district        
• District operations & finances
• Teacher candidate experience